Title: Book Review Block
Author: Donna Peplinskie (a11n)
Published: January 11, 2018
Last modified: September 8, 2024
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# Book Review Block
By [Donna Peplinskie (a11n)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/donnapep/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/book-review-block.2.2.1.zip)
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* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/book-review-block/)
## Description
Book Review Block enables you to add details such as title, author, cover image,
star rating and more to all of your book reviews.
#### Save Time
Book Review Block saves you valuable time when writing your reviews. No more copy
and paste or manually entering the details of a book. Instead, you provide the ISBN,
and the block automatically fills in information like title, author, and even the
cover image.
#### Increase Traffic
Book Review Block adds Schema markup to the HTML. This can help increase site traffic
by ensuring your Google search results stand out from the rest.
## Screenshots
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* Empty State
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* Selected State
## Blocks
This plugin provides 4 blocks.
* Book Review Add details such as title, author, cover image, star rating and
more to your book reviews.
* Description Add a brief description of the book.
* Metadata Add book details such as title and author.
* Rating Add a star rating.
## Installation
1. In the editor, open the block inserter and search for _Book Review Block_.
2. Click the _Add Block_ button.
## Reviews
### [Nice Book review](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-book-review/)
[capbussat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/capbussat/) February 2, 2023 1 reply
Gives a nice simple book review with a simple image.
Also, I find it is
a very useful example to learn to code blocks for Wordpress.
I am testing
in Worpress 6.1.1, as far as I know it works correctly.
Thanks a lot!
### [Goede plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/goede-plugin-9/)
[Hans](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vlie/) April 5, 2021 1 reply
Werk al vier jaar met Book review
### [Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-29070/)
[Alan Petersen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webzu2/) December 23, 2020 1 reply
I tried other plugins and this one is the best for creating book review posts. Makes
it easy to leave a nice looking book review. The latest version has some new features
that make it even better.
### [Major Downgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/major-downgrade/)
[marcie84](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcie84/) November 3, 2020 1 reply
I couldn’t get this one to work. It was glitchy and most of the options I wanted
were in the previous version. I thought I would see an improvement on this one but
turned out to be a major disappointment.
### [Downgrade from Book Review plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/downgrade-from-book-review-plugin/)
[kpossibles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kpossibles/) October 17, 2020 1 reply
There’s no option for custom fields or an option to show the headings of the section
like Title: ABC or Author: ABC, it just shows the name. I just want the Book Review
plugin to not show after the Read More section in Gutenberg, which is why I tried
this one. It seriously is a major downgrade from the previous plugin by this creator
with only like 10% of the original options.
### [This block has encountered an error and cannot be previewed.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-block-has-encountered-an-error-and-cannot-be-previewed/)
[](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krastev/) May 2, 2018 3 replies
I get an error: This block has encountered an error and cannot be previewed.
[ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/book-review-block/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Book Review Block” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Donna Peplinskie (a11n) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/donnapep/)
“Book Review Block” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/book-review-block/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “Book Review Block” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/book-review-block)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/book-review-block/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/book-review-block/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/book-review-block/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/book-review-block/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 2.2.1
* Fix: “Creation of dynamic property” deprecation notice in PHP 8.2+
#### 2.2.0
* Tweak: Hide label if associated field is empty
* Fix: Hide ISBN and API Key settings if user doesn’t have manage_options capability
#### 2.1.2
* Fix: Book cover alignment on block themes
#### 2.1.1
* Fix: Broken description in editor
* Fix: Add whitespace around book cover
#### 2.1.0
* New: Add block preview
* Tweak: Add description to parent block
* Tweak: Add more block keywords
* Tweak: Register scripts and styles instead of enqueueing them
* Tweak: Use block.json for block configuration
* Fix: Update block category of inner blocks
#### 2.0.0
* New: Refactored to use inner blocks
* New: Added the ability to show labels for book metadata
#### 1.5.1
* Tweak: Add help text to ISBN setting
* Fix: API Key not saving in some cases
* Fix: Broken rating on Twenty Twenty theme
* Fix: Add missing translation strings
#### 1.5.0
* New: Get book details from Google Books API
#### 1.4.0
* New: Add support for half-star ratings. Click once for full star or twice for
half-star.
* Fix: Misalignment of block toolbar items
#### 1.3.1
* New: Add book author, datePublished and numberOfPages to structured data
* Fix: Structured data error
#### 1.3.0
* New: Create a separate “Book Review” block category
* New: Update icons for block and block category
* New: Deprecate version of block that previously stored attributes in post content
* Tweak: Simplify placeholder text displayed in editor
#### 1.2.4
* Fix: HTML displaying in reviews
#### 1.2.3
* Fix: Review not showing on front end
#### 1.2.2
* Fix: style.css not loading in editor
* Fix: Error when editing summary
* Fix: Release Date not saving
#### 1.2.1
* Fix: Gutenberg 4.5.0 compatibility
#### 1.2.0
* New: Add support for rich snippets
* New: Provide upgrade path for migrating from the Book Review plugin
#### 1.1.3
* Fix: Replace deprecated Gutenberg properties and component
#### 1.1.2
* Fix: Gutenberg 4.0 compatibility
#### 1.1.1
* Fix: Incorrect text saving when backspace key used
* Fix: Book cover extending outside parent element
#### 1.1.0
* Fix: Address compatibility issues with Gutenberg
* New: Add drag and drop book cover uploads
#### 1.0.0
* Initial release
## Meta
* Version **2.2.1**
* Last updated **2 years ago**
* Active installations **1,000+**
* WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.6.5**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Languages
* [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/),
[French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/), [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/),
[Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/),
and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/book-review-block)
* Tags
* [book](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/book/)[book review](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/book-review/)
[rating](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rating/)[review](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/review/)
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/book-review-block/advanced/)
## Ratings
3.7 out of 5 stars.
* [ 3 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/book-review-block/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/book-review-block/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/book-review-block/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/book-review-block/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/book-review-block/reviews/?filter=1)
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## Contributors
* [ Donna Peplinskie (a11n) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/donnapep/)
## Support
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